PLAN of the Town of HILLSBOROUGH in Orange County NORTH CAROLINA
Item Information
- Title:
- PLAN of the Town of HILLSBOROUGH in Orange County NORTH CAROLINA
- Cartographer:
- Sauthier, Claude Joseph
- Former owner:
- George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Donor:
- George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Name on Item:
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Survey'd & Drawn in October 1768 By C,J, Sauthier.
- Date:
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1768
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
- Location:
- British Library
- Collection (local):
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British Library Collection
- Subjects:
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Hillsborough (N.C.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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North CarolinaOrange (county)Hillsborough
- Extent:
- 1 map : manuscript pen and ink, colour ; 43 x 53 cm
- Terms of Use:
-
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Scale:
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Scale approximately 1:4,600
- Language:
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English
- Catalog Record:
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http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004987628
- Notes:
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Relief shown by shading.
With a scale of fathoms within the title at upper right.
With a short lettered key (A-E) within the title at upper right identifying the "Church", "Court House", "Goal", "Market House" and "Mills".
With a decorative compass arrow at upper left orienting north to the top of the map.
Shows roads, including "Road to the Quaker Settlement".
Shows a "Race Ground".
Shows the Eno River.
Titled "A drawn Plan of the Town of Hillsborough in Orange County, North Carolina; surveyed and drawn in Oct. 1768, by C.I. Sauthier" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
Titled 'A "plan of the town of Hillsborough, in Orange county, North Carolina; surveyed and drawn in Oct., 1768, by C.J. Sauthier," on a scale of 62 fathoms to an inch: 1 f. 8 in. x 1 f. 5 in.' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.
